Me Imperturbe

Walt Whitman 1819 (West Hills) – 1892 (Camden)




   ME imperturbe, standing at ease in Nature,
   Master of all, or mistress of all--aplomb in the midst of irrational
         things,
   Imbued as they--passive, receptive, silent as they,
   Finding my occupation, poverty, notoriety, foibles, crimes, less
         important than I thought;
   Me private, or public, or menial, or solitary--all these subordinate,
         (I am eternally equal with the best--I am not subordinate;)
   Me toward the Mexican Sea, or in the Mannahatta, or the Tennessee, or
         far north, or inland,
   A river man, or a man of the woods, or of any farm-life in These
         States, or of the coast, or the lakes, or Kanada,
   Me, wherever my life is lived, O to be
         self-balanced for
         contingencies!
   O to confront night, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as
         the trees and animals do.

Font size:
Collection  PDF     
 

Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

39 sec read
222

Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGGHIJFKHJLM
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 858
Words 131
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17

Walt Whitman

Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. more…

All Walt Whitman poems | Walt Whitman Books

35 fans

Discuss the poem Me Imperturbe with the community...

0 Comments

    Translation

    Find a translation for this poem in other languages:

    Select another language:

    • - Select -
    • 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
    • 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
    • Español (Spanish)
    • Esperanto (Esperanto)
    • 日本語 (Japanese)
    • Português (Portuguese)
    • Deutsch (German)
    • العربية (Arabic)
    • Français (French)
    • Русский (Russian)
    • ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
    • 한국어 (Korean)
    • עברית (Hebrew)
    • Gaeilge (Irish)
    • Українська (Ukrainian)
    • اردو (Urdu)
    • Magyar (Hungarian)
    • मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
    • Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Italiano (Italian)
    • தமிழ் (Tamil)
    • Türkçe (Turkish)
    • తెలుగు (Telugu)
    • ภาษาไทย (Thai)
    • Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
    • Čeština (Czech)
    • Polski (Polish)
    • Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
    • Românește (Romanian)
    • Nederlands (Dutch)
    • Ελληνικά (Greek)
    • Latinum (Latin)
    • Svenska (Swedish)
    • Dansk (Danish)
    • Suomi (Finnish)
    • فارسی (Persian)
    • ייִדיש (Yiddish)
    • հայերեն (Armenian)
    • Norsk (Norwegian)
    • English (English)

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Me Imperturbe" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 28 Mar. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/38062/me-imperturbe>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    March 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    3
    days
    9
    hours
    20
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    The long poem “The Waste Land” was written by which poet?
    A T. S. Eliot
    B Emma Lazarus
    C C. S Lewis
    D W. H. Auden